Saturday, July 20, 2013

Bead Hoarders Blog Hop

Going for a ride on the Way Back Machine!

Lori Anderson has launched another Blog Hop. But this time we are instructed to reach into our hoarded beads and pull out something fabulous that we have been saving for a while.

Piece of cake, I have lots of beads I can use....

Except I was also prepping for an Arts Walk, and fighting the effects of a major heat wave. A few days ago, I had an idea. What about using that gigantic evil eye bead I got in Boston when I was in school. As in college. Sometime between 1973 and 1977.

Here's the bead and its smaller buddies, most of them bought at an import shop on Newberry Street, many moons ago.

I have used several of these beads before, in necklaces that I have since taken apart. But that big boy has never been used.

I simply strung it on some leather lacing. The three other beads are also glass, and come from the same stash.

All the beads are from that same shop, I think the glass evil eyes, and rustic ceramic beads are from Greece. Not sure about the others.

You know, I have a few beads left from the early eighties, when I was in grad school. That's when I first started making jewelry. It didn't occur to me to go that far back, but I'm so glad you reached way back into your stash, Beti, and pulled out this one! It makes for a fun story as well as a cool necklace! Peace on! :-)

I agree. Just because a bead is special doesn't mean you have to go nuts designing with it and add tons of other things with it. Thinking now, I should have probably said that when I talked about the hop -- don't worry about this but have fun, the bead is the thing. I know I didn't stray from my normal designing style all that much, although the focals were different than normal.

Oh I rambled.

Thank you so much for playing, and I'm loving your use of the large and beautiful! :-)

Oh wow! I didn't realize how humungous that bead was until you showed it in your hand. Yes, it doesn't need much more to compliment it. I think you did the perfect thing for it and just added a few other beads. It's really a pretty piece!

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I love colors and shapes, and how they combine. It took me forty-odd years to recognize that the expression of this love was through creating jewelry. So here I am blogging about my craft. I hope that sharing with the world will bring me even more satisfaction with this fascinating craft, and maybe give my family a break every time I finish something...I won't have to track them down to show them my stuff!